The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-12-16

public funds. If this schetro should be
ndopted il should only be done as q ts..t:

public funds. If this schetro sheuld be
adopted, ii should only be done as te'.t- \
porary espedient, and to meet the necessity |
Legislative .-,I executive effort should gen.
orally be in the ohE1ssiis direction, and |
should have a tendency to divorce ~ much
and rs fast as can safely be done the treas |
ury department from private enterprises.
OF course. il Is not expected that unnec-
esSai7 and ;eYtravagant operntions Will be
made for tne. ptrpdsa of ,eyotdfns the nc.
cumulQtion of an excess Of revenue, sucIt
expenditure being in demoraiizatttTt Of ell
Just conceptions of public duty, which II en-
tails, and emulates reckless improvidence
not tn the least consistent with the mission
of our people, OF Ito b'eh and beneEcent pur-
pose of our government.
/ have deemed il my duty thus to brins td
the knowledge of my countrymen, as well
as to the attention of their representatives,,
the responsibility of Legislative acts, the
GRAVITY OF Git rtNAHcta1, SITUATION.
The failure of the congress heretofore to
provide against the dangers which Ii yFas
quite evident the very nature of the diff
Guilty must necessarily produce, caused a
condition of financial distress and appre-
hension since the last adjournment which
taxed to the utmost oil the authority ard
expedieuts within executive control, and
these appear tow to be txilausted. If dis
aster results from tho continued Inactivity
of congress, the responsihility must rsst
considered, is ffausht with danger, which
should be fully realized, and the present
features, wrong to the people as we'll as to
the country, are but a result growing out of q
perfectly paipaolc and apparent cause, con-
stantly reproducing The samc alarms
ing circumstances-a congested national
treasury and depleted monetary con-
ditiou In the business of the country.
| 1t needs hardly to be stated that while the
present situation demands a foneoy, VIC
can only be saved from n predicament by ii
| removal of the cause. OF course our scheme
| of taxation, by which this needless surplus
| is taken from tho people and put into the
| public treasury, consists of tariff OF duties
| levied cn impcrtations from abroad, and IN
ternal revenue taxes. levied On the con-
sumption of tobacco aud spirituous and malt
| liquors. 1t must be conceded that none of
| these things subjected TO Internal revenue
| taxes afb, strictly speaking, necessary, and
ii so appears not to be a Just cause OF COM
| plant with consumers of the articles, and
there seems to be nothing SO well able to
| hear the burden, Without hardship 10 any
portion of the people.
BUT OUR PRESENT TAIIEF Laws,
the various inequitable AID illegal source of
unnecessary exaction, ought to be DIT once
| revised and amended. These laws, as to
their primary and plain effect, increase the
price to consumers of all articles imported
| and subjected to duty by precisel the SUN
paid for such duties. Thus the amount of
duty measures the tag paid by those who
purchase for Use these imported articles.
Many of these things, however, are raised
or manufactured in our own country, and
the duties now levied upon foreign goods
and products arc called protection to these
home manufactures because .hey render it
possible for those of our people who nre
manufacturers to make these taxed articles
and sell them for price equal to that de-
manded for the imported goods that have to
pay customs duty. So it happens that while
comparatively few use imported articles,
millions CT CIR people, who never uso and
never saw any of the foreign products.
purchase and use things Of thG same kind
made i'll this country nnd pity therefor
nearly or quite the same enhanced price
which the duty adds TO the imported articles.
thereon into tile public treasury, but
tho great minority of our citi-
zens, who buy domestic articles
of the same class, pay a sum at least ap-
proximately equal to this duty to homo
manufacturers.
This reference to tho operation of our laws
ia not mado by way of instructions, but in
order that we may be constantly reminded
Of the manner i'll which they impose q bur-
den upon those who consume domestic pro-
duets, as well as those who consume i'm
ported articles. and thus create tax on all
our people. II is not proposed 10
ENTIRELY RELIEVE THE COUNTRY
of this tax. 1t must be extensively continued
as the source of the governments $ income;
and i'll AZ readjret,nent upon the tariff IN
terest AInsricau labor, Engaged in manu-
features. should be carefully considered. as
we'll as the preservation of our manufactor-
les. 1t may be called protection, or by any
other name, but relief from, the hardships
aud dangers of our present tariff laws
n nj
against inpcrilns the existence of ON
manufacturing interests: but the existence
should not mean condition. which,
without regard to the public welfare {
, national eHigency, must always insure {
raalisntion of the Immense profta insteat
) of moderately profitable returiis As the
, volume aud diversity of cur national dctivi-
! ties increase, new recruits are added to those
who desire comm, a,..io a,.ion of the advantage:
Tn1a' tar's ,sss tSss,on sonSsxs as.ee s fs fss *
| stubbornly have all efforts to reform tne
I present condition been resisted by those o1
! our fellow citizens thus engaged, that they
| car hardly complain OF tho suspicion enter.
: tnined 10 asesftyn tc what extent. there ex-
lists m otgtnized t61iitjiEatit.1i, III a1org tin
t line, to maintain their advantage.
L We are IN the midst of centennial celbra-
American fkill aital 4 ingenuity, in American
t Energy and e..tetriisa, t,td tho wonderfu
t natural advantages and resources deveiope,
y by century 5 national growth Yet whe1
!. an attempt is made TO justify;a schem
EnGh Sadn 5sstg psFRit5 costmst M it to ts s la I'd
for the benefit of our manufactures
quite beyond a reasonable demand for gov
! ernmental regard, it suits the purposes Q
manufacturers and infant industries sti
q needing the highest and greatest degree 0
4 care that can be wrung from federal leg
Il islation. Ii that
Il INCREASE IN THE pRtcs or DOMESTIC
MANUFACTURES
resulting from the present tariff is necessar
in order that higher wages may be paid I
: our working men employed in manufacLo
: ries, than are paid for unsklled labor, we af
- knowledge the force of argument which in
:. wolves the welfare and liberal compensatio
y y of our labcring people Our labor is hon
70 70 orable in the eyes of every American citizer
= and lies at the foundation of our develop
"a ment. 1t is entitled, without affectation
~ hypocrisy, to the utmost regard. The stanC
> ard of our laborers' life should not |
h measured by that Of another country les
:, ~ forward, and they are entitled TO their fu
% share of advantage.
N N to appear that over II, 392, oa9 c
- our population are engaged in all kinds
industries 7, go. ia3 are employed in agr
:. culture: 4, 074, 23S in professional and pc
d S9ral service, =, Az, $40 or WhOm are az
/ mestic servants and laborers, while $40
o 256 are employed in trade and transp,rti
If tion, and 3, SSS7 lie are classea us cmployt
Y at manufacturing and mining. For presel
IS purposes. however the last number give
y; should be considerably reduced. Witho
: attempting to cnumcrate it will be conceds
ne that there should be deducted from tho
10 which it includes, :315, 143 carpenters al
rs joiners; 2s5, 40 miliners, dressmakers al
i seamstresses; 112, 12G blacksmiths, 1873, 7
I'd talors and tailoresses; 170, 600 masors; 76
m al butchers; Al, 800 bakers; %, 1S2 plaste
ers, and 4, sol manufacturers of agricu
,g tural implements, leaving 2. G23, 0
ho ing industries such US are claim
at will be benefited by high tari
ch To these appeal is made TO save their eI
of ployInent and maintain their wages by re
OF isterinG Il change. There should be no di
l. position to answer such suggestions by all
to cations that they are in a
OF MINORITY AMONG THOSE WHO LABOR,
nt and therefore should forego an advantage
te the interest of low price for the majorit
he Their compensation, rs it may be affect